Sikes v. Crager (In re Crager), No. 11-30982, 2012 WL 3518473, at *2 (5th Cir. Aug. 16, 2012) (Higginbotham, Haynes, Higginson)

Not per se bad faith that debtor’s attorney will receive almost all money paid to trustee under plan. “There is no rule in this circuit that a Chapter 13 plan that results in the debtor’s counsel receiving almost the entire amount paid to the Trustee, leaving other unsecured creditors unpaid, is a per se violation of the ‘good faith’ requirement.”

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